Download or read book The Diaries of Elizabeth Inchbald, Vol. 1: The Early Years on the Stage--Scotland, France, Ireland, the Provinces, and London, 1776-1781 written by Thomas Holcroft and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) is one of the greatest English prose writers of the nineteenth century. In this edition texts are drawn from the first published versions, and a full second version provided where he thoroughly recast his own work at a later date. The bulk of his unpublished manuscripts are presented here, among them several works only recently re-discovered.